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Remarks: Joe Biden Picks Up Lunch at Taqueria Las Gemelas in Washington - May 5, 2021

  • Joe Biden
    Person
  • Unidentified
    Person

Unidentified

Neutral
00:00:00-00:00:03 (3 sec)
"Hey, you guys. [Inaudible] here." 1

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:00:03-00:00:05 (2 sec)
"How are you?" 2

Unidentified

Positive
00:00:05-00:00:12 (7 sec)
"[Inaudible] Rogelio Garcia. Welcome to our taqueria. [Inaudible]" 3

Joe Biden

Positive
00:00:12-00:00:41 (30 sec)
"I'm very, very sure." 4

Unidentified

Somewhat Positive
00:00:41-00:00:43 (2 sec)
"Oh, thank you so much." 5

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:00:43-00:00:44 (1 sec)
"Who's this other guy?" 6

Unidentified

Neutral
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"I'm Josh Phillips." 7

Unidentified

Neutral
00:00:45-00:00:45 ( sec)
"It's Josh." 8

Joe Biden

Positive
00:00:45-00:00:52 (7 sec)
"[Inaudible] you respect. Does he? " 9

Unidentified

Neutral
00:00:52-00:00:57 (5 sec)
"That's right." 10

Unidentified

Slightly Positive
00:00:57-00:00:58 (1 sec)
"Yeah." 11

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:00:58-00:01:03 (6 sec)
"Hey, Josh. How are you doing, man?" 12

Unidentified

Very Positive
00:01:03-00:01:19 (15 sec)
"Fantastic. Fantastic, Mr. Biden. And thank you so much for the Revitalization Fund." 13

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:01:19-00:01:26 (8 sec)
"Where am I supposed to stand?" 14

Unidentified

Neutral
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"You can [Inaudible] right there." 15

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:01:28-00:01:32 (4 sec)
"Stand right here?" 16

Unidentified

Neutral
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"And you're going to face this way." 17

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:01:40-00:01:45 (5 sec)
"Oh, facing that way?" 18

Unidentified

Neutral
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"[Inaudible]" 19

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:01:45-00:01:45 ( sec)
"Where?" 20

Unidentified

Neutral
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"In Israel." 21

Joe Biden

Leans Positive
00:01:46-00:01:48 (1 sec)
"You're kidding me." 22

Unidentified

Neutral
00:01:48-00:01:48 ( sec)
"[Inaudible]" 23

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:01:48-00:02:16 (28 sec)
"It's -- I'll tell you what. It's a big deal. [Inaudible] $2.8 billion, $2.8 billion. [Inaudible] And we had already 190 applications for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. And -- but for some reason, this [Inaudible]. We're supposed to do that. Come here. How much did we sign in [Inaudible]?" 24

Unidentified

Neutral
00:02:16-00:02:19 (4 sec)
"677,000." 25

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:02:19-00:02:23 (4 sec)
"$677,000." 26

Unidentified

Neutral
00:02:23-00:02:23 ( sec)
"[Inaudible]" 27

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:02:23-00:02:32 (9 sec)
"Thank you. [Inaudible] Well, congratulations." 28

Unidentified

Somewhat Positive
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"Thank you so much, sir." 29

Unidentified

Somewhat Positive
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"Thank you, sir." 30

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:02:36-00:03:07 (31 sec)
"Well, I'll tell you what. You know, we have -- the restaurant industry is so badly hurt nationwide, and that's why we put this Restaurant Revitalization Fund back together. Like I said, as of this morning, a couple hundred, and now it's thousands, restaurants applying for help. But you're the first, the very first. [Inaudible] " 31

Unidentified

Neutral
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"[Inaudible]" 32

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:03:07-00:03:19 (11 sec)
"So tell me about how many employees you have now and how many you have before COVID and sort of thing?" 33

Unidentified

Neutral
00:03:19-00:03:30 (12 sec)
"So we have 14 other [Inaudible]" 34

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:03:30-00:03:37 (7 sec)
"Is that your restaurant, too?" 35

Unidentified

Positive
00:03:37-00:03:58 (21 sec)
"Yes. So we got this one and the far end of [Inaudible]" 36

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:03:58-00:03:59 (1 sec)
"The far end?" 37

Unidentified

Neutral
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"The far end. [Inaudible]" 38

Joe Biden

Slightly Positive
00:04:01-00:04:05 (3 sec)
"Yeah. Now how many folks you got here?" 39

Unidentified

Neutral
00:04:05-00:04:10 (5 sec)
"Today, it's about 20%. And the other side here is about eight employees [Inaudible]" 40

Joe Biden

Positive
00:04:10-00:04:12 (2 sec)
"That's right. You gotta save it. [Inaudible]" 41

Unidentified

Slightly Positive
00:04:12-00:04:17 (5 sec)
"Yeah. It's been a busy day for us. " 42

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:04:17-00:04:18 ( sec)
"Busy day. [Inaudible] " 43

Unidentified

Neutral
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"[Inaudible], Mr. President." 44

Joe Biden

Somewhat Positive
00:04:19-00:04:20 (1 sec)
"Pardon me?" 45

Unidentified

Neutral
00:04:20-00:04:20 ( sec)
"[Inaudible]" 46

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:04:20-00:04:22 (2 sec)
"Why I wouldn't want you here?" 47

Unidentified

Neutral
00:04:22-00:04:22 ( sec)
"[Inaudible]" 48

Joe Biden

Slightly Positive
00:04:22-00:04:24 (2 sec)
"Yeah. Let's go. Hi." 49

Unidentified

Neutral
00:04:24-00:04:26 (1 sec)
"Hi. [Inaudible] right here." 50

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:04:26-00:05:14 (49 sec)
"[Inaudible] restaurants. Now that's 2.8 million employees. [Inaudible] go back and hiring thousands. And now we have this new program that helps restaurants like this one right here, and I was just invited personally. The first restaurant to be awarded of funds is right here. Six hundred thousand dollars [Inaudible]. So I hope you have a good Cinco de Mayo." 51

Unidentified

Positive
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"Very nice." 52

Unidentified

Somewhat Positive
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"Thank you so much." 53

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:05:16-00:05:29 (13 sec)
"And although a lot of [Inaudible] you guys already. We're already on -- 200,000 people have applied for the [Inaudible] -- for this program. And you're the very first one in the whole nation." 54

Unidentified

Somewhat Positive
00:05:29-00:05:30 (1 sec)
"Thank you, sir." 55

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:05:30-00:05:38 (8 sec)
"[Inaudible] And I'm serious. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Do you have any questions for me?" 56

Unidentified

Positive
00:05:38-00:05:40 (2 sec)
"What's your favorite kind of taco?" 57

Joe Biden

Somewhat Positive
00:05:40-00:05:45 (5 sec)
"I like it all. So I don't know what they ordered for me." 58

Unidentified

Very Positive
00:05:45-00:05:48 (3 sec)
"We took good care of you." 59

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:05:48-00:05:52 (4 sec)
"You took good care of me?" 60

Unidentified

Neutral
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"We have a couple of quesadillas." 61

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:05:54-00:05:56 (2 sec)
"I love quesadillas, too." 62

Unidentified

Neutral
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"Some al pastor tacos." 63

Unidentified

Neutral
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"Al pastor. [Inaudible]" 64

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:05:58-00:06:10 (12 sec)
"I want to -- my staff to hear it. These are my tacos. Sometimes I put these in the car when we're campaigning. As [Inaudible] went by, if I find out, I go to the next event, and they're gone. Did you guys order anything?" 65

Unidentified

Positive
00:06:10-00:06:10 (1 sec)
"Yes. We ordered." 66

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:06:10-00:06:15 (5 sec)
"You ordered? OK. All right. Anyway, I wish you all the best." 67

Unidentified

Neutral
00:06:15-00:06:19 (3 sec)
"Turn around so we can get a photo." 68

Joe Biden

Negative
00:06:19-00:06:23 (5 sec)
"All right. Let me [Inaudible] now. I'm going to get in trouble." 69

Unidentified

Neutral
00:06:23-00:06:25 (2 sec)
"You're allowed back here." 70

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:06:25-00:06:27 (2 sec)
"[Inaudible] All right. Let the little guy in." 71

Unidentified

Neutral
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"Everybody here? There we go. One, two, and three." 72

Unidentified

Neutral
00:06:31-00:06:33 (2 sec)
"Can we have you come out for [Inaudible]?" 73

Joe Biden

Very Positive
00:06:33-00:06:38 (4 sec)
"Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you." 74

Unidentified

Neutral
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"I'm just a girl from Philly." 75

Joe Biden

Neutral
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"Where in Philly?" 76

Unidentified

Neutral
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"Fishtown." 77

Joe Biden

Slightly Positive
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"Yeah. Fishtown." 78

Unidentified

Positive
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"My mom is really very excited." 79

Joe Biden

Leans Positive
00:06:46-00:06:53 (7 sec)
"I'll tell you what, I spent a lot of time in Fishtown. You know, Fishtown is overwhelming. I don't want to insult anybody [Inaudible]" 80

Unidentified

Positive
00:06:53-00:06:54 (1 sec)
"Yes. " 81

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:06:54-00:07:09 (15 sec)
"Overwhelmingly [Inaudible]. And -- but Philadelphia, you can identify the neighborhood based on who lives in the neighborhood. Fishtown is a unique place. It's a unique place. I married a Philly girl. " 82

Unidentified

Neutral
00:07:09-00:07:12 (3 sec)
"Oh, you --" 83

Joe Biden

Slightly Positive
00:07:12-00:07:15 (3 sec)
"Yeah. You know what I mean?" 84

Unidentified

Neutral
00:07:15-00:07:16 (1 sec)
"Watch out." 85

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:07:16-00:07:38 (22 sec)
"Philadelphia -- Philadelphia's [Inaudible] are the most informed and most obnoxious men in the world. They know everything. You know what I mean? So I never disagree with my wife. It's always her. That's smart. Right? It's kind of a Philly thing." 86

Unidentified

Positive
00:07:38-00:07:38 (1 sec)
"Yes." 87

Joe Biden

Somewhat Positive
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"[Inaudible] All right. All right. Thank you, everybody." 88

Unidentified

Somewhat Positive
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"Thank you." 89

Unidentified

Somewhat Positive
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"Thank you, sir." 90

Unidentified

Neutral
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"Mr. President, what did you get?" 91

Joe Biden

Neutral
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"Tacos and some enchiladas." 92

Unidentified

Neutral
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"Mr. President, do you have any comments on the outburst to oust Liz Cheney from the House of Republicans being proposed?" 93

Joe Biden

Neutral
00:08:03-00:08:06 (3 sec)
"I don't understand what you're talking about." 94